Road traffic

Articles

24 Sept 2014

Credit hire and insurance add-ons in the spotlight

Competition authority report finalises proposed changes to car insurance

9 Sept 2014

Test drive

Peter James speculates on how driverless and autonomous vehicles will be regulated in the years to come and who would be liable in an accident

5 Aug 2014

MoJ announces new court rules for whiplash claims

Rules set to limit the scope of medical evidence and discourage 'pre-med' offers

8 Jul 2014

Explaining persistent symptoms from mild head injuries

Only qualified clinical neuropsychologists can carry out medico-legal evaluations of cognitive functioning, clarifies Dr Linda Monaci

16 Jun 2014

Many road traffic cases are not clear cut

'Offending drivers' are prosecuted on the basis of the prosecution's point of view and their expert's opinion. Are they right, or is there another stance, or mitigation, asks Nicola Beckwith-Elliott

2 Jun 2014

Road traffic accident update

It is better to arrive late than not at all, says Roger Cooper, who discusses how speed and use of blues and twos affect negligence cases involving emergency vehicles

1 May 2014

Tackling the whiplash epidemic

Reform of the medico-legal reporting system should not be seen as the panacea for delivering further reductions in car insurance premiums, says James Dalton

1 May 2014

Sleep apnoea contributed to fatal crash

Successful defence of non-insane automatism reinforces to lawyers the importance of staying alert, says Hayley Betteridge